philipraposo198
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This morning went to go do a small wc and noticed a dead oto in the tank
I am pretty sure I know why this happened BUT I didn't think it would cause the fish to die. Here is the background story.
About a day and a half ago I noticed one the same oto that died a 3-4mm gash on the side of his/her head/face. right side. The flesh was pure white when I first saw it and must of just happened. I believe the cause of this was the piece of slate I used to attack a piece of cucumber to, it did have a sharp side to it. I don't know how else the gash would of happened outside of this.
The fish seemed fish that day and yesterday I was gone all day and didn't have a chance to check on the fish. But by the smell of it this morning I would assume it had been dead for a while. maybe sometime yesterday.
So my question is would a pretty big gash be able to kill the fish so quickly? I have since removed the piece of stone and replaced it was a smooth rounded stone. All other fish are fine.
Let me know what you guys think.
I am pretty sure I know why this happened BUT I didn't think it would cause the fish to die. Here is the background story.
About a day and a half ago I noticed one the same oto that died a 3-4mm gash on the side of his/her head/face. right side. The flesh was pure white when I first saw it and must of just happened. I believe the cause of this was the piece of slate I used to attack a piece of cucumber to, it did have a sharp side to it. I don't know how else the gash would of happened outside of this.
The fish seemed fish that day and yesterday I was gone all day and didn't have a chance to check on the fish. But by the smell of it this morning I would assume it had been dead for a while. maybe sometime yesterday.
So my question is would a pretty big gash be able to kill the fish so quickly? I have since removed the piece of stone and replaced it was a smooth rounded stone. All other fish are fine.
Let me know what you guys think.